In a global context, it is increasingly characterized by technological competition between the United States and China, An ant set, Control Ali BabaIt takes important steps to reduce their dependence on American chips and contain costs in developing artificial intelligence models (AI).
According to sources close to the company, Ant depends Semi -semiconi cinesi To train its advanced language models, using an approach promising a revolution in the way to produce artificial intelligence in the Asian country.
Strategic turning point in AI’s AI’s model training
In recent months, Ant Group has adopted chips provided by local companies, including entities associated with Albaba and Huawei TechnologiesTo train artificial intelligence models using A mixture of experts ((NotTechnology.
This approach, which is increasingly spread among researchers, allows the tasks to be divided effectively among different “experts” within the model, which improves its arithmetic efficiency.
The sources confirm that the results of these models are not only compared to those obtained with Nvidia H800 Chips. However, in some tests, they had exceeded the performance of the models that were developed by Dead.
Although Bloomberg News It has not independently verified these offers, data indicates significant progress in China’s attempt to reduce operational costs and low technological dependence.
Moe technology is inspired by the principle of a specialized delegation: each sub -unit of the model is responsible for a specific part of the treatment, providing greater ability to expand and efficiently compared to traditional curricula.
In addition to the Ant, Google And the start of the Chinese operation from Hangzhou Dibsic They also use this methodology.
Ant highlighted her commitment to scientific publishing by publishing a paper that emphasizes a goal Specific models without using high -end graphics processing units.
This approach becomes very important for companies that, due to high costs, cannot use continuously High performance devices.
China opposite the United States: Local chips against American graphics processing units
The ANT initiative is suitable for a geopolitical context in which Chinese technology companies are trying to circumvent US restrictions on exporting advanced chipsLike Nvidia H800.
Although it is not the most advanced segment on the market, H800 is still one of the most powerful graphics processing units available in China.
Although the ANT group still maintains part of the production of artificial intelligence based on NVIDIA chips, the company gradually turns towards easily and easily accessible alternatives. Like those you presented AMD And Chinese manufacturers.
This strategic choice is a departure from the vision of NVIDIA CEO, Gensen HuangAccording to those who will continue to claim more mathematical strength.
According to Hanging, customer investments will not decrease, even with more efficient models such as Deepsek R1. Thus showing a clear contrast with the philosophy adopted by ants.
One of the most prominent ANT analyzes relates to a significant reduction in the cost of training artificial intelligence models.
According to the published document, training on a trillion symbols, and the basic units used in learning, are traditionally costing 6.35 million yuan (About $ 880,000).
By using less performance chips, they were improved for the MEE method, the cost has been reduced to 5.1 million yuan.
Unwanted rescue, which can revolutionize the possibility of artificial intelligence, especially for emerging companies and emerging industrial sectors.
The models have evolved, Ling Lite and Ling plusIt was designed for applications in contexts such as health care and financeTwo areas in which artificial intelligence can provide concrete and immediate solutions.
Specifically in the field of health care, ANT recently gained haodf.comOne of the leading medical platforms in China. Thus confirming her interest in expanding the presentation of solutions on the basis of artificial intelligence.
Among the current services of the company is also ZhixiaobaoVirtual assistant and financial consulting platform Maxiaocai.
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Another distinctive point for the strategy of the ant Choose to make their models open source: Ling-Lite has 16.8 billion teachersWhile Ling is a plus 290 billion.
To make a comparison, appreciate that GPT-4.5The advanced model developed by Openai, has about 1.8 trillion parameters. Although it is closed and unacceptable to the public. ANT research is not without challenges.
The same study indicates that during training, Small differences In the structure of the forms or in the type of devices can be generated Performing instabilityLike nails in error rates.
Structural difficulty highlights how, despite progress, even The most advanced models It requires constant attention.
As noted before Robin YuCTO from Beijing Technology Shengshang Tech, concrete results achieved in the real world are really concerned:
“If you find a weakness in defeating the best master’s degree in the Kung Fu in the world, you still have a win.”
An effective metaphor that emphasizes the value of practical applications compared to theoretical comparison.
What clearly appears is that the ANT group plays a major role in China’s attempt to become Technically more independent.
Follow -up and thus a Ease Amnesty International, Less dependent on Western devicesPerhaps More efficient For the strategic industrial sectors in the future.
The challenge facing artificial intelligence giants has been launched Intelligence, efficiency and strategic vision.
